Tag: music

  • Telling a story through a writing playlist

    (This post originally appeared on Bookish Things & More on September 23, 2013 as part of the Sins of the Lost blog tour) Music plays an enormous role in my writing. It inspires me, drives me, helps me power through the dreaded writer’s block…and I suspect it even influences the direction my stories take at…

  • Musical Monday: belated Part 5

    My apologies for not posting this last week — in the hecticness of the holidays, I must admit that I just plumb forgot until about Wednesday or so. Oops.  Anyway, I’m back on track now, and ready to continue. So without further ado, here are the next ten songs on my Grigori Legacy playlist (links…

  • Musical Monday: Part 4

    It’s week four in the Great Grigori Legacy Playlist unveiling — have you got your headphones/earbuds? 🙂 Continuing from Part 3, in no particular order other than that of purchase: Jeremy, by Pearl Jam Sail, by AWOLNATION (just a little aside here: I love, love, love this song…first heard during a So You Think You…

  • Musical Monday: writing playlist part 3

    Okay, all you musically minded out there — here is the third installment in the ongoing recital of my writing playlist ( if you missed them, you can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here). Got your speakers turned on? Good. Here goes: New Year’s Day, by U2 Dance With the Devil, by Breaking…

  • Musical Monday: part 2

    It’s Monday again, and time for the next ten songs on my Grigori Legacy writing playlist: Glycerine, by Bush The Unforgiven II, by Metallica World So Cold, by Three Days Grace Come As You Are, by Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana Losing My Religion, by R.E.M. This Is War, by 30 Seconds to…

  • Musical Monday: Writing Playlist Part 1

      Several readers have asked me what songs I listen to while I write, suggesting that I should put my playlist up on my website.  With a whopping 167 items currently on said playlist, however, the task is a daunting one. Then, when I posted about Dancing With My Muse last week, it suddenly occurred…

  • Dancing With My Muse

    There are two main reasons I listen to music when I write: I find it incredibly inspiring. It helps keep me focused. I actually discovered the creative power of music by accident, at a point when I was using it strictly for its second purpose, keeping me focused. I was writing a romantic suspense at…

  • Listen to the Music: Using the power of sound to influence writing

    Once upon a time, I was a serious music snob. All through my school years, I shunned the groups to which my peers gravitated (yes, I was a major geek). My only connection with anything remotely modern was through the school band (I played the baritone saxophone) and my parents, whose rather eclectic tastes ranged…